- Date
- April 23, 1968
- Place
- Quito, Ecuador · QUITO, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 161 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1804Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111619
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0064 68/4/23 QUITO,ECUADOR DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0815 N1804 PX- 0 0151 56, 22407 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4530 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUITO OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF ECUADOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1804
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Quito
N1804Registration cancelled Nov 8, 2013 · Douglas DC-8-62Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-62Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
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Other investigations on N1804 · 1
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